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  • The Ophirean felt coldness running through her veins; her limbs turned brittle; like a white statue of marble she lay in the arms of her captress, incapable of speech or movement.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The Ophirean felt coldness running through her veins; her limbs turned brittle; like a white statue of marble she lay in the arms of her captress, incapable of speech or movement.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The Ophirean felt coldness, running through her veins; her limbs turned brittle; like a white statue of marble she lay in the arms of her captress, incapable of speech or movement.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • The Ophirean felt coldness running through her veins; her limbs turned brittle; like a white statue of marble she lay in the arms of her captress, incapable of speech or movement.

    Conan of Cimmeria Howard, Robert E. 1969

  • It was three days later, in the morning, that his captress said to the

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • I supposed that we were making for the actual summit; but on the second terrace my captress bore away to the left and led us by a track that slanted across the northern shoulder of the ridge.

    Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • What pleases her most is stale-mate, where, though the King cannot be captured, the captress can maneuver without end.

    Hints for Lovers 1899

  • "Loved thee, oh, divine enchantress -- too cruel-lovely captress of my dole-breathing heart!"

    The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye 1897

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